WIN A KINDLE AND $50.00 AMAZON GIFT CARD????

NOTE: THIS ISN'T MY CONTEST.

I'm just passing it along - for ALL INFORMATION, see the CONTEST SITE.

Some wonderful Independent authors, David McAfee, Daniel Arenson, Mike Crane, David Dalglish, and John Fitch V, are sponsoring this fantastic contest that I simply MUST pass along.

Q: HOW do you enter to win a Kindle AND a $50.00 Amazon gift card?

A: Buy a book or ebook by an Independent author during the month of November. Each purchase gets you another entry.

What is an Independent author? Any author who has chosen to publish their book or ebook on their own rather than through a publisher. I am an Independent author.

Many of these books are only $2.99 or less!

NOTE: It is stated that No Purchase is Necessary for this contest, so again, for full details see the CONTEST SITE.

EDIT: Joe Konrath also just listed MANY great and affordable Kindle books on his blog A Newbie's Guide to Publishing - so there's another resource for finding books you may enjoy.

I'm listing several suggested Independent authors and their books below. For more information on this contest and entering, you can go directly to the CONTEST SITE.

Now for Indie author suggestions:





































WHEW! I tried to give you some different types of options with genres there, but if you want more ideas, they have a link to check out over at the CONTEST SITE so be sure to pop over there for your info and more ideas.

And GOOD LUCK if you choose to play!!!!

The Antidote to the High Cost of Books?

Today I wanted to share a post I found on one of my favorite sites, Daily Cheap Reads. How I missed this post from August 30th, I'll never know, as one of my favorite Indie authors, Maria E. Schneider is featured with her Kindle book, Catch and Honest Thief. Many of you may remember that Maria was a guest judge for my last short story contest.

In any event, in this post, Cheapreader discusses how Independent authors are really the antidote to the high cost of books -- especially ebooks. I found it personally satisfying to read, and am posting a link, hoping you'll click, and find it interesting as well.

Oh, and just a little tooting of my own horn - I was pleased to find out that both Maria and I were Indie bestsellers on Daily Cheap Reads in September! (thank you, thank you very much) :-)

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for Book Video Fridays!